York Board Grading Homework Policy

June 27, 1989|By DAVID RISSER Staff Writer

YORK — Several School Board members balked Monday at a proposal they said could give some high school students too much homework.

The proposed homework policy, developed by a committee of teachers, administrators and parents, suggests 10 to 45 minutes of homework per night for students in kindergarten through third grade, 30 minutes to one hour for fourth- through sixth-graders and 15 to 45 minutes per night in each intermediate and high school course.

Board members praised those guidelines, but they questioned a proposed 45 minutes to one hour of homework per night in each advanced placement or honors course.

The policy could encourage an unreasonable six hours of homework per night for honors students who take seven classes and are involved in before- or after-school activities, board member Ella Tapscott said.